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Specieationof Letters Patent. IPgLmthQq Digg, t2, LQMLGG Application led March 10, 1913. Serial No. 753,305.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HAnvE'Y Gr. TISSOT, a citizen ofthe lUnited States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ghin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tagging-Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention comprises a tagging machine, which is particularly constructed to clench a tag ot cloth or other material upon a piece of goods by one or more'wire staples with the tag subjacent to the clenched ends of the staple, whereby thev attached tag .will protect the Ygoods from the staple ends and permit removal of the stapleand tag with-y out injury to the goods regardless ot its 'hneness of texture. l The machine is also particularly designed to feed the material tor the tags and staples at intermittent intervals from reels, and to cut the material into predetermined lengths, as well as to form the staple and securev the tags therewith upon the goods in the relations as stated. 'llo successfully accomplish the results desired the machine is compactly built with its working and xed parts arranged and related substantially as herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

lln the accompanying drawings, Figures and 2 are iront and side views, respectively, of the complete machine, on a reduced scale. Fig 3 isv a front View partly in section on line 3.-#3, Fig. 2, of the head ol the machine, the scale being'y approximately one-halt' size. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a piece of goods with a tag clenched thereon. Fig. ,5 is Aa side elevation the interior parts of the head looking in from the right ot Fig. 3, the casing being partly removed and in section. Fig. 6 is a rertical section centrally of the head, looking in the same direction as in Fig. 5, the cap however being removed. Fig. 4" -is a plan view of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a detail view of the wire feeding device in gripping ind feeding relation with the wires. Fig. l is a plan view in section of the machine on the line of the wires from which the staples are made. Fig. 10 is a cross section on line 10-10, Fig. 6, looking from the rear 'to the front, and-Fig. ll is a view on the same cross sectional line but looking in the opposite directiontoward the rear and with the casing omitted. Fig. 12 is a iront view in section, full size, of the tag cutting and staple formingand clenching devices 4' at the front of the head, the various parts being in the position of rest assumed by them during the feeding of the wires, and Fig. i 13 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig.

' are all practically housed in and supported by the head 2 at the top ot a pedestal 3; and the mouth t ot' the machine where the goods is inserted is about'waist-high or approximately three and one-halt feet from the licor. The article'to be tagged, say a piece of wearing apparel that is to be laundried and requires marking for identification, is placed within the mouth i in rest` position upon the lower hired jaw comprising a box 5 which is removably attached to the. liront of the head 2. The tag is cut 'from cloth tape 6 which is i'ed from a reel 7 into the upper part of the mouth d, and the tag end of the tape projects over the goods beneath a die 8 and a pivoted knife 9 mounted at the bottom of an overhanging jaw l0 iorm ing a fixed part of head 2. Reel 7 is removably mounted on a bracket at the side of head 2. The` two staples. tor fastening the tag'upon the goo-ds are formed trom two separate strands of wire 'll- Ill i'ed at intermittent intervals into the lower jaw 5. rFlic wires are cut into predetermined lengths and formed into staples by the vertically reciprocable plunger l2 and its coperating parts within box 5. 'llhe two wires ll are fed forward Vat the same instant and in the same degree by a horizontally-reciprocable carrier located within head 2, see Figs. 7 and 8, and the wires are drawn through the rear of the head from the reels' or spools 15 which are rotatably and removablysupport- Y ed upon the reversely-inclined pins 16 of the brackets 17 secured -to the rear partofthe head. The angular relations of the spools 15 permit the two wires to be fed relatively near together without kinking the wires and allow the spools to be removed without interfering with each other.

The feeding of the tape is concurrent with the feeding of the wires and is accomplished by a knurled wheel 18 (Fig. 3) which is fastened on the outer end of a horizontal shaft 19 having bearings within head 2. Wheel 18 occupies a recess 2() in the upper jaw 10 and co-acts with an idler roller 21 mounted on a pivoted lever 22 beneath the jaw. A spring 23 (Fig. 1) pulls upwardly upon the lever to promote feeding of the tape by the wheel and roller, and .by pulling downwardly on the leve'r. the parts may be widely separated to facilitate the placing of the tape therein. Shaft 19 is rotated intermittently byfworm gears 24 and a ratchet wheel 25 when the latter is engagedl'by a forward movement of the pawl 26 and ,its operating lever 27, which lever, however, is rotatably supported between its ends on shaft 28 and provided with a roller 29 at its bottom end operating in cam groove 230 of the cam member 31 on main shaft 32, see Figs. 6 and 11. A forward movement of the upper end ofv lever 27 also moves the carrier 14 forward by'a pin 33 projecting from the side of said lever and contacting with the two lugs 33 on the bottom of the carrier, and a pair of clutches 34 are also brought into action at this time to grip the wires 11 at opposite sides of the carrier, see Fig. 8. Clutches 34 comprise milled disks adjustably fixed againstl rotation on the outer ends and bottom side of two slides 35 alined transversely at'the front end of the carrier, the disks beingy at the outer side of the -wires to press' the same against the sides of the carrier, Fig. 11. rlhis occurs when the sides are forcibly carried toward each other by the pivoted dogs 35r and their interposed. spring 36, see Fig. 8. The inner ends 'of the dogs engage upright pins 37 on the. slides, and the opposed ends of the slides are beveled to co-act with the and an oscillating arm 40 having a yslotted extremity 41 engaged with a roller 42- mounted at the pivot joint between the links. Thus an oscillatory movement of arm 40 away from the median line of the carrier will'retire the spreading member and also maintain it in this position if the arm is thereafter held stationary during the forward movement of the carrier, see Fig. 8.

Upon a return movement of the carrier, thv arm 40 is positioned as in Fig. 7, and th(x links are more nearly in line to force and hold the slides 35 apart by member 38 and to retire the clutches 34V from the wires. Oscillatory movements and stationary posi tions of arm 40 are obtained by a reciproca ble rod 43 having a roller 44 operating in a cam groove 45 in cam member 31 or its equivalent, the said rod being slidably seated within achanneled web forming part of head 2 on a median line thereof and being; operatively engaged by a pin 46 secured te the outer extremity of the lower arm 47 o a pair of such arms, see Fig. 10. The upper arm 47 has free-working engagemem with pin 46, and is affixed to a rock shaft 48z whereas arm 47 issecured to a separate roch shaft 49 directly opposite. These shafts have their bearing in ears 50 at each side oi" the inner frame of head 2 and the arm 4t which is used to control the spreader mem ber 38 for the clutches is aiiixed to the top of shaft 448. Each rock shaft is also provided with a forwardly-projecting arm 51 to co-act with the plunger 12 at timed intervals, as hereinafter explained.

The main shaft 32 extends through th. bottom part of head 2 and beyond both thty rea-r and front thereof, and is preferably l..

power driven and under clutch control so as'to make only a single revolution. Briefly.,y the shaft 32 has a clutch device 52 mounted thereon under control of a foot treadle 53 o1 other tripping member, whereby the shaf'.` will be thrown into temporary power en` gagement with a gear 54 forming part of y. train of gear or other power connections 5S leading to an electric motor 56 at the rea;`

of pedestal 3. The power to rotate shan` 32 one revolution may be applied directly by foot or hand through any suitable treadiv or lever connections in lieu of the motor am` clutch and treadle connections as shown, blu

as shown the treadle 53 has a catch 'membea b pivotally mounted thereon to hook-engagl the foot-end c of trip rod d when thf` treadle is in its highest position. The firs. downward movement of the treadle imparta like movement to rod d but in so doing;

the catch member 5 is rotated on its pivo by the arresting action of a bolt e standing..

in the path of the grav-ity arm f of san member, thereby releasing the rod which i: instantly moved upward by spring g (Fir` 6) to throw the pivoted cam lever L bac:

`into the annular groove t' of the revolving clutch body 52 and into the path of th notched clutch pin 57 to withdraw the sam. from its clutching relations with gear 54` Cil neonata A. friction band y about body 52 acts instantly to stop further revolution of the shaft 32 when the pin is withdrawn. Depression o treadle 53 lowers cam leverf 71. and releases the spring-pressed pin 57.

lltlhe feeding of the tape and the wire occurs during an interval of rest of the plunger 12, and when feeding of the tape and wire is suspended the plunger and other parts perform their functions of cutting off the tape and wires into predetermined lengths and of forming and clenching the staples. Thus, the front end of shaft 82 carries two cams 58 and 59, respectively, the smaller one 58 being engaged at its periphery by a roller 60 mounted at the lower end of presser member 61 of plunger 12, and the larger one 59 having a cam groove 62 for a roller 68 which is mounted on the rearwardly-projecting pin 64 afiixed to the lower body 65 oit' the plunger. Said pin 64 travels in a vertical slot 66 in the box 5 and head 2 and prevents rotation of the plunger, and member 61 is also prevented from rotating by 'a side pin 67 slidably confined in a vertical groove 68 upon the inside of the plunger body. rlhis body 65 has a reduced top extension 69 and a diferential bore, the lower and larger bore serving to slidably confine the presser memberv 61, ay coiled spring 70, and a connecting art 71 for two screw-threaded bolts 72 and 3, respectively. Bolt 72 is relatively short and has a slotted head 74 socketed in presser member 61 to limit the outward play thereof under the expansion of the coiled spring 7 0. A cross pin 7 5 prevents a turning movement of the bolt but does not prevent member 61 from being pressed upward relatively to connecting part 71 at certain stages of operation. The upper smaller bore of body 65 holds a relatively long andylight coil spring 76 which rests upon Aconnecting part 71, and a heavy spring 77 is coiled around extension 69 and interposed between body; 65 and its sleeve 78. A screw 79 in the side of body extension l 69 extends into a slot 80 in the sleeve and limits said sleeve in its upward movement relatively to body 65. Shoulders 81 on extension 69 and sleeve 78 limit the upward slots extend upwardly through the cap or the plunger cap v85.

head 85 to the extreme top thereof. The meeting faces of these fingers and the side slots are respectively provided with narrow ribs 86 and corresponding grooves 87 lengthwise thereof which register at their top ends with horizontal grooves 88 in the top face of When the plunger 12 is down the top grooves 88 are horizontally in line with the central openings of the two shearing feed tubes 89 for the wires 11, and

when the wires are fed forward the projecting ends of the wires span the grooveol tops of the lingers, see Fig. 9. Shearing of the wires isat an angle to the axis thereof to produce a point and is eii'ected by an upward movement of the plunger, the ends of the tubes 89 and the sides of the plunger cap 85 being formed to provide co-acting cutting edges at alternate angles. lit is necessary however to temporarily hold the wire against upward movement during shearing steps and particularly during stapleforming operations, anda pair of horizontally-reciprocable ormers 90 are used for this purpose, these formers being mounted dia'metrically opposite each other in box 5 in line with fingers 84. rl`he tormers 90 are reciprocated by the oscillatory arms 51 heretofore described, and Fig. 12 shows them in a retired position, whereas Fig. 14 shows them projected inwardly over the ends of fingers 84 and with the staples S fully formed. Shearing of the wires and forming of the staples is the result of an initial lift movement of the plunger 12 by cam 59 and roller 68,' and during this movement the yupper ends of both fingers 84 are pressed tightly against the overlying ends ot the formers 90, this result being produced by the upward pressure of spring 70 when the small projection 91 on cam 58 raises roller 60 and the presser member 61, see Fig. 14. The legs' of the staples are formed from the ends of the cut pieces of wire, being taken from the horizontal grooves 88 in the top face of cap and bent upwardly into the vertical grooves 87 at opposite sides of Then as roller 60 rides free of cam projec-` tion 91v the formers 90 are released from ngers 84 and the arms 51 withdraw them entirely, whereupon the'cam 58 raises the presser member 61 and the fingers 84 concurrently With the plunger 12 which derives its movement from cam 59.

rllhe end of the tape 6 which provides the tag extends over the upper end of the plunger, and the final upward movement` of the plunger presses the goods to be tagged against the tape and the latter against the bottom of the die plate 8, the coiled spring 77 taking up any differential movement in the parts and promoting effective clenching results. The bolt 73 and its fingers' 84 however continue their upward movement when the plungerl is arrested, thereby raising the staples from their seated position in the grooves 86 in the cap and projecting the pointed ends thereothrough the goods and then through the tape against the die plate 8 which has curved deflecting recesses 92 adapted to clench the ends of the staples back upon the tape, see Fig. i7. Clenehing operations by the fingers 84 are subgoct to the cushioning eiects of spring 70, and this spring as well as spring 77 permits successful-clenching operations on goods of differ,- ent thicknesses. The spring 76 presses bolt 7 3 downward to retire the fingers 84 within the cap 85 upon a downward'movement of A' the plunger.

rIhe cutting of tape 'by knife 9 also occurs during clenching operations, F ig. 16.

lThis knife 9 works in a vertical slot 98 in j aW l0. at'the left of die plate 8 and it has a beveled cutting edge with the beveled side facing the die plate and its flat side bearing against the depending portion 94 of the jaw having the guide passage for the tape.. The portion 94 is projected to a lower level than the bottom of the die plate so that the knife may out through the tape but not into the goods which is only exposed to the bevel of the knife and not to its cutting edge. In other words, the cutting edge ofthe knife I does not come belowl the rounded edge of tubes in respect to the cutting faces of thel plunger, and the wires 11 are frictionally engaged at the rear of head 2 by spring pressed bolts 100 to prevent a back movement of the wires and to straighten the wires if kinked. 40

What I claim is:

-l. .In a tagging machine, a staple-forming plunger having wwe-shearing edgesO and means to feed wire to said plunger, in combination with a stationary staple-clenching device above said plunger, and means to feed tagging material to said device at a point apart from said plunger to permit the goods to enter between the plunger and the tagging material.

2. In ay tagging machine, a fixed and a movable Staple-clenching member, means to feed staple forming wire in a horizontal plane to one of said members and means to feed tagging material to the other member transversely to the feed of said wire, and separate shearing devices for the wlre and the tagging material respectively, in combination with means co-acting wlth the said movable clenching member to form a staple preparatory te clenching the same against the other member.

3. In a-tagging machine, a stationary staple-clenching member, a sectional plunger vertically disposed beneath said member, a springladapted to provide differential movements in the sections of said plunger and devices co-acting with said plunger to form staples and project the same from the end 0f the plunger, in combination with separate means adapted to feed wire and tagging material respectively at right angles to each other but on different horizontal planes across the exposed end of said plunger.

4. In a tagging machine, a stationaryY staple-,clenching member, a Wire-shearing4 plunger adapted to cut a plurality of stapl( wires at separate points opposite the ends oly said clenching member at one stroke, a cushioning spring for said plunger, devices to co-act with said plunger to form staples and push members adapted to project the finished staples against said clenching member, in combination with-means to feed Wire in a horizontal plane to said plunger, means tofeed tagging material downwardly am"l transversely between said plunger and sai(` clenchingl device, and means to sever said tagging material into predetermined lengths conjointly with the clenching of the staples.

5. In a tagging machine, a fixed jaw having a transverse'. passage for apiece of tape and feeding mechanism therewith, and an entrance for the goods alined with and bcneath said passage, a staple-clenching die plate mounted in inverted position adjacent said passage, substantially in line with said mechanism, a knife transversely of said passage and a projecting portion on said jaw opposite the cuttingedge of said knife, in combination with a plunger and co-acting devices to lift and press the goods against the tape and to force a staple through the goods and tape successively against the said die plate v j 6. In a tagging machine, an inverted jaw having a die plate and a depending part at kone side thereof provided with a channel ing a protruding jaw provided .with a stationary staple-clenching member mounted in an. inverted position thereon, a tape-cut- 4and project staples upwardly against the said clenching device.

S. In a tagging' machine, means to feed a tag upon one side of a piece of goods, in combination with means to force a plural number of staples first through the goods and then through opposite ends of Jche tag', and means to clench the ends of all the stanies upon the tag.

In testimony whereof affix my signature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

HARVEY G. TISSOT.

Witnesses R. B. MOSER, S. C. MUSSUN. 

